Arab Historians of the Crusades

Name: Arab Historians of the Crusades
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ISBN: 9780520052246

ISBN-10: 0520052242

ISBN-13: 9780520052246

Edition: 1984 (Reprint)

Authors: Francesco. Gabrieli

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The recapture of Jerusalem, the siege of the Acre, the fall of Tripoli, the effect in Baghdad of events in Syria; these and other happening were faithfully recorded by Arab historians during the two centuries of the Crusades. For the first time contemporary accounts of the fighting between Muslim and Christian have been translated into English, and the Western reader can learn 'the other side' of the Holy War. Seventeen authors are represented in the extracts in this work, which have been drawn from various types of historical writings. The excerpts are taken firstly from the general histories of the Muslim world, then from chronicles of cities, regions and their dynasties, and finally from…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 1984
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 6/18/1984
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Introduction by Francesco Gabrieli


Translator's Note


Bibliographic Note


The Authors and Works



From Godfrey to Saladin



Saladin and the Third Crusade



The Ayyubids and the Invasion of Egypt



The Mamluks and the Liquidation of the Crusaders


Index